The Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office is working in conjunction with the Lafayette Police Department in an alleged rape, kidnapping, and battery investigation.

The Sheriff’s Office has charged 24-year-old Jared Tabb of Lafayette with one count of Aggravated Rape.

Tabb is accused of having driven the known female victim from a location in the City of Lafayette to an area within the unincorporated area of Lafayette Parish against her will where he raped the victim while armed with an electronic control device (TASER type instrument).

Tabb is also charged by the Lafayette Police Department with Aggravated Kidnapping and Aggravated Battery all related to this same incident. Bond has not yet been set.